Retracted: Induction of Heat Shock Protein Expression in Cervical Epithelial Cells by Human Semen

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Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology has retracted the article titled “Induction of Heat Shock Protein Expression in Cervical Epithelial Cells by Human Semen” [1].

The article was found to report the same results, without citation, as the following published article: J.

Jeremias, S.

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David, M.

Toth, S.

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Witkin, “Induction of messenger RNA for the 70 kDa heat shock protein in HeLa cells and the human endocervix following exposure to semen: implications for antisperm antibody production and susceptibility to sexually transmitted infections,” Human Reproduction (1997) 12 (9): 1915–1919.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/12.9.1915 [2].

The last author does not approve of retraction and the other authors could not be contacted.